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Etnografia Polska, 2020 The domestication of technology in People’s Republic of Poland was the key factor in the shift towards consumer society. Drawing upon ethnographic data, this article discusses the meanings of the social practices of domestication of technologies in the ...
Joanna Zalewska
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Consumer insurance law - reform at last? [PDF]
, 2010 Comment by Peter Tyldesley, senior lecturer in the School of Law, University of Bedfordshire, on the prospects of reform in the law governing consumer insurance, following on proposals from the English and Scottish Law Commissions.
Tyldesley, Peter
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.Additive manufacturing provides precise control over the placement of continuous fibres within polymer matrices, enabling customised mechanical performance in composite components. This article explores processing strategies, mechanical testing, and modelling approaches for additive manufactured continuous fibre‐reinforced composites.
Cherian Thomas, Amir Hosein Sakhaei
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Biofabrication aims at providing innovative technologies and tools for the fabrication of tissue‐like constructs for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. By integrating multiple biofabrication technologies, such as 3D (bio) printing with fiber fabrication methods, it would be more realistic to reconstruct native tissue's ...
Waseem Kitana +2 more
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Strategies to valorise agrobiodiversity [PDF]
, 2018 The current food value chain is characterised by a highly standardised offer produced in an increasingly monotonous agricultural system. In parallel, there is a growing interest among consumers for traditional or regional crop varieties. The conservation
Förtser, I. +3 more
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Generational differences in consumption patterns in Hungary [PDF]
, 2011 Various authors have used the term consumer society with a number of different meanings, yet one common point has been the shift of focus to the consumer ethos, which alters the everyday life of society members and their relationship to each other and ...
Hofmeister-Tóth, Ágnes +1 more
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Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.The study presents biodegradable and recyclable mixed‐matrix membranes (MMMs), hydrogels, and cryogels using luminescent nanoscale metal‐organic frameworks (nMOFs) and biopolymers. These bio‐nMOF‐MMMs combine europium‐based nMOFs as probes for the status of the materials with the biopolymers agar and gelatine and present alternatives to conventional ...
Moritz Maxeiner +4 more
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Factory Farms in a Consumer Society
American Studies, 2009 Originally developed to describe the industrialization of American agriculture, the term “factory farm” became an increasingly pervasive metaphor in American culture through the 20th Century. From its origins in triumphal narratives of agricultural engineering, the term has extended beyond critiques of agribusiness in recent decades and found ...
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Electroactive Metal–Organic Frameworks for Electrocatalysis
Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.Electrocatalysis is crucial in sustainable energy conversion as it enables efficient chemical transformations. The review discusses how metal–organic frameworks can revolutionize this field by offering tailorable structures and active site tunability, enabling efficient and selective electrocatalytic processes.
Irena Senkovska +7 more
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Digital Humanities in the Nordic and Baltic Countries Publications, 2018 Research focusing on online health discussions provides valuable insights into the use of medicines, as well as health-related experiences and difficulties currently not well understood.
Krista Lagus +3 more
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